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1 Borneo 12 th -19 th March a week after a work trip to Singapore Oriental Pied Hornbill Kinabatangan River After my big trip to New Zealand, the Subantarctic and the Philippines at Christmas, I had planned to save my little remaining leave for something (probably in Europe) in the summer. However, I found it impossible to resist the opportunity of taking advantage of already being in Singapore on a week's work trip and took the week off after to visit Borneo. After seeking and receiving very helpful advice, I decided on 2 nights in Sepilok, 2 in the Kinabatangan and 3 in Mount Kinabalu National Park as the best way of using my limited time. The trip was hugely successful as I managed 189 species in the week and 89 lifers. I managed a further five lifers in the week before in Singapore, all species which I later saw again in Borneo. I did not use guides, except at the Kinabatangan Jungle Camp where I was fortunate to be able to use the superb Romzi for half my stay due to their being few other guests. However, I would not recommend staying there despite the birding due to their determination to charge extra for seemingly everything and the lack of things to do between the very spaced out boat trips (6.30-8am & 4-6pm). I stayed at Sepilok Forest Edge Resort, which was nice but a bit far from the excellent Rainforest Discovery Centre, and J Residence at Mount Kinabalu. The latter is highly recommended as is excellent value, clean, comfortable and well situated near the park entrance. I got around largely by taxi or walking but took a public bus from near KJC (I got dropped off at some junction) to Mount Kinabalu that worked quite well.

2 Singapore 6 th -11 th March I was working during the days in Singapore so there is not enough for me to write a day by day report but I did enjoy a total of four visits to the Botanical Gardens, conveniently situated near my hotel. Each visit was just over an hour long, two were before work and two were after work. This produced a total of 37 species including 5 lifers, all things I inexplicably missed in my otherwise successful trip to Peninsular Malaysia last year. The five lifers were Crimson Sunbird, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, Buffy Fish Owl, Oriental Pied Hornbill and Long-tailed Parakeet. 4 of them were on the hugely successful walk on my last morning! Other species seen included Stork-billed Kingfisher, Pin-striped Tit-Babbler, White-throated Kingfisher, Coppersmith Barbet and Brown-throated Sunbird. Stork-billed Kingfisher Singapore Botanical Gardens Saturday 12th March 2016 Unfortunately there was no sensible morning direct flights from Singapore to Sabah so I had to fly very early to Kuala Lumpur before getting on to a connection to Sandakan. The four hour lay off in Kuala Lumpur was uninspiring but I did see the only Paddyfield Pipit, Redwattled Lapwing, Large-billed Crow and Common Myna of the trip. Eventually, I arrived in Sandakan mid-afternoon. Even from the airport, there were numerous common birds like Brahminy Kite, Javan Myna, Zebra Dove, Cattle Egret and Great Egret. As soon as I collected my bags, I got a cheap taxi for the half an hour drive to the Sepilok Forest Edge Resort. The journey suggested that, despite the heat, Borneo was going to be full of birds as, from the taxi, I saw Asian Glossy Starling, Oriental Magpie Robin, Tree Sparrow, Glossy Swiftlet, Pacific Swallow and Yellow-vented Bulbul.

3 As soon as I checked in, a large raptor (probably a Wallace's Hawk Eagle) flew overhead but I had not yet taken my binoculars out my bag. Once I had dumped my bags and got my binoculars out, I quickly found Little Green Pigeon, Olive-backed Sunbird and Brownthroated Sunbird all in the hotel grounds. I then walked in the round in to town. It was a bit hot but I still saw Ashy Tailorbird, Crimson Sunbird and Red-throated Sunbird. A stroll around Sepilok Jungle Resort's grounds was productive with Red-eyed Bulbul, Spectacled Bulbul, Black-headed Bulbul, a flyover Oriental Honey Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, a superb Black Hornbill, Asian Palm Swift, Pied Fantail and my first Bornean lifer in the form of a flock of Silver-rumped Spinetail showing well over the lake. I continued walking up and down the road for a bit, enjoying the further lifer in a pair of Scarlet-backed Flowerpeckers, as well as Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, Chestnut Munia, Rufous-tailed Tailorbird and Pink-necked Green Pigeon. At 6pm, I decided to join the scheduled night walk at the Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre. This proved a good decision as I was soon put on to a perched Bornean Falconet, my first Bornean Endemic! Other birds that I saw before it got dark included Long-tailed Parakeet and Dollarbird. Indian Cuckoo (still never seen one!), Plaintive Cuckoo and Black-and-Yellow Broadbill will also heard. The night walk itself was pleasant as we saw 2 distant Red Giant Flying Squirrels, a Pygmy Flying Squirrel (unsure of exact id - sorry), a pit viper and a brief Mouse Deer. Unfortunately, there were no nocturnal birds other than a really distant calling Brown Wood Owl and no sign of the regular sleeping Hooded Pitta. However, it had been an excellent start with 3 lifers in my first afternoon and I was excited for tomorrow but in much need of some sleep! With only one full day in Sepilok, I decided to skip the hotel's breakfast and take a 5.45 am taxi to the Rainforest Discovery Centre. This meant I was at the top of the "Bristlehead Tower" for dawn. The very first birds I saw as it got light were a superb flock of 4 Bushy-crested Hornbills fly slowly past the tower. Other birds seen from the tower in the first ten minutes of light included Black-nest Swiftlet (I think that is what they are!), Purple-throated Sunbird, Orangebellied Flowerpecker and Slender-billed Crow. There was also my first troop of Pig-tailed Macaque and a Giant Squirrel. Indian Cuckoo and Black-and-Yellow Broadbill were as always calling but not showing. I then headed to the Trogon Tower and, in the next hour, enjoyed both Long-billed and Thick-billed Spiderhunter, Brown and Grey-streaked Flycatcher, a brief flyby Green Broadbill, Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo, a distant Banded Woodpecker, Hill Myna, Buffrumped Woodpecker, Buff-vented and Cream-vented Bulbul, Bronzed Drongo and 2 unusually showy Violet Cuckoos. A return along the canopy walkway and to the Bristlehead Tower produced further birds like Ruby-cheeked Sunbird, Blue-eared Barbet and Bornean Brown Barbet. There was also a Wallace's Hawk Eagle on a distant nest and a juvenile showing well close to the walkway. It was an amazing start to the morning! The only minor disappointment was no Bristleheads, although I had expected them to be a long shot in such short time.

4 At about 9am, I left the walkway and headed in to the forest picking up further birds like Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker, Streaked Bulbul, Crested Serpent Eagle and Black-winged Flycatcher Shrike. The Hornbill tower was quiet but the small Broadbill Tower was anything but with a Black-and-red Broadbill, Yellow-eared Spiderhunter, Lesser Green Leafbird, Hairy-backed Bulbul, Olive-winged Bulbul, Raffles' Malkoha, Green Iora, and, best of all, a showy pair of Orange-backed Woodpeckers. By 11am, I was in much need of some food and a rest so I headed off out the centre. I did not really find food apart from a drink and an ice cream at Sepilok B & B but the birding was still productive as an Oriental Darter flew over the lake and I found several of the endemic Dusky Munias amongst the abundant Chestnut Munias. After a much needed rest, I headed back to the RDC picking up Spotted Dove in the car park. Just as I got to the Bristlehead Tower, the rain started to fall so I sheltered there for a bit. Once the rain passed, a few birds came out including a flock of Fiery Minivet and a Whitebellied Erponis. A very brief woodpecker appeared to be a Crimson-winged but I did not get any sort of decent view of it. I then headed along the walkway again to find from some Malaysian photographers that a Banded Kingfisher had been sitting in a tree for half an hour but had now gone. Thankfully, after about a 40 minute wait, it returned and I enjoyed superb views. This was a real bonus as this was not a species that was on my radar for this trip. After a quick lunch in the small cafe, I headed up along the "Pitta Path" in to the forest. The next hour or so was really quiet, apart from the endemic White-crowned Shama and a nice Short-tailed Babbler, until some speculative taping elicited a response from my key target. It was however quite distant but luckily the path headed towards it. Eventually I got quite close and decided to head in to the forest. This resulted in numerous unpleasant rattan stings but it was certainly worth it when I managed superb views of a stunning Black-crowned Pitta! After finding my way back to the path, I then flushed another one before heading back towards the Broadbill Tower. The journey there produced further great birds such as a flyby Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher and a stunning Grey-and-buff Woodpecker. The Broadbill Tower was quieter than earlier but I did see my fifth woodpecker species of the day with a Rufous Woodpecker close by. A final look at the canopy walkway produced more views of Bushy-crested Hornbill and my first Black-naped Monarch of the trip. I then scanned the vast swift flock over the lake, which included new species like Greyrumped Treeswift, Brown-backed Needletail and Edible Nest Swiftlet. Despite being absolutely shattered after such a full day, I decided to join the night walk in the hope of owls or rare forest mammals. This, however, proved to be a disappointment although I did see the only Rufous Piculet and Racket-tailed Drongo of the trip. Despite the disappointing end, this had been one of the best birding days I had ever had in the tropics and was an extraordinary start to my trip.

5 Wallace s Hawk Eagle Sepilok RDC Rufous Piculet Sepilok RDC Black-crowned Pitta Sepilok RDC Monday 14th March After yesterday's exhausting day, I took a more relaxed approach and just strolled around the hotel grounds and road this morning. This produced a couple of new species for the trip like Baya Weaver and Yellow-bellied Prinia as well as the only Collared Kingfisher and Whitebreasted Waterhens I saw in Borneo. I even had breakfast in the hotel and from the veranda, I noticed a lot of birds coming to a flowering tree. These included various Sunbirds, Lesser

6 Green Leafbird and a superb lifer, a Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker. At 9am, I was picked up for the drive to Bilit, from where I would catch a boat to KJC. The journey was dull through palm oil plantations with the only new bird being White-breasted Woodswallow. From the boat in to the lodge, I saw Purple Heron, Blue-throated Bee-eater, Crested Serpent Eagle, Great Egret and Grey-headed Fish Eagle. Once I got to the camp, nothing seemed to be scheduled until the boat ride at 4 so I decided to walk the loop trail. It was blisteringly hot but I did get two lifers (Storm's Stork and Blackcapped Babbler) and a trip tick (Malaysian Blue Flycatcher). The rest of the time, I just relaxed in my room and the restaurant area. Fortunately the other guests had decided to pay extra to go elephant searching so this meant that I had Romzi to myself and we could go birding. We headed to the Mennangol River as I picked up some embarrassing lifers on route like Intermediate Egret and Green Imperial Pigeon. Other birds seen included Striated Heron, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Black-and-red Broadbill, Little Egret and Whiskered Tern. The Mennangol River was packed with tourist boats but we saw a superb Jerdon's Baza, a distant but spectacular Rufous-bellied Eagle and four primate species (Pig-tailed Macaque, Long-tailed Macaque, Proboscis Monkey and Silvery Leaf Monkey). Moving a bit further along to avoid the crowds, I decided to particularly target Whitecrowned Hornbill. Unfortunately, we did not find our quarry but this was more than made up for by several Oriental Pied Hornbill and a superb Rhinoceros Hornbill, a bird I particularly wanted to see after missing them in Malaysia last year. We heading back to camp to be greeted by a superb Malayan Civet near to the dining room. After dinner, I decided to take advantage of the fact that I'd be the only guest and pay the small extra charge for the night cruise. Very soon after setting off, we picked up the shining eyes of a Saltwater Crocodile. A little later, we heard a Large Frogmouth calling but unfortunately it went silent after a little bit of response to tape. We headed back along the Mennangol River seeing a Buffy Fish Owl and several Blackcrowned Night Herons before hearing the Frogmouth again. This time the bird continued to respond. Romzi decided it would be best to leave the boat and head in to the forest to look for it. It did not take long for him to located the bird and I enjoyed superb views of this extraordinary species singing. I was so delighted that I completely forgot about my main target of Bay Owl, which we did not hear all evening. It was only my second full day in Borneo and I had already seen an amazing array of rare species, I simply could not believe how well it was going.

7 Jerdon s Baza Kinabatangan River Tuesday 15th March I luckily had the boat to myself again and my main target was, of course, the Bornean Ground Cuckoo. Romzi explained that March was a good time to hear them but it was still going to be very difficult to get a view of one. The day, however, got off to a brilliant start as Romzi spotted a female Orang-Utan in a fig tree as we got in to a boat. I watched it for a bit before heading down river in such of our quarry. It did not take long for us to hear the bizarre calls so we headed closer to the bank. We started playing the tape and two birds were definitely responding as I almost ignored a Yellow Bittern flying in to the reeds. It did not take long for Romzi to announce that he'd got the Cuckoo and he managed to get me on to it as I watched it sit in the thickets. It then flew down so we repositioned the boat before I spotted it again as it just sat there. This was unreal - these birds are usually impossibly difficult. We even managed to put some tourists in a nearby boat on to it. The rest of the boat trip obviously did not continue in this vein despite optimistic speculative playback of species including Bornean Bristlehead and Giant Pitta. Nevertheless, it was still very pleasant with a superb flock of 6 Storm's Stork, Bold-striped Tit-babbler, Crested Myna, Common Iora, White-chested Babbler and Greater Coucal. A brief calling Hooded Pitta however remained stubbornly unresponsive. After a late breakfast, I headed with Romzi for a walk around the loop trail. The intense heat made things difficult but I was delighted that a Black-and-Yellow Broadbill came in to tape

8 as this is one of my favourite South East Asian birds. Better still was a Scarlet-rumped Trogon that Romzi picked up perched close to the path. There was not much to do until the afternoon boat so I just rested before heading out in the boat with some other tourists and this time, another guide. This was quite frustrating as it was difficult to birdwatch but I did see a Yellow-bellied Bulbul and a soaring Lesser Adjutant. I was however unable to get on to the Puff-backed Bulbul that Romzi could see from his boat. It was also nice to see a Golden-ringed Cat Snake and enjoy great views of Proboscis Monkey in beautiful evening light. Bornean Ground Cuckoo Kinabatangan River Wednesday 16th March I had assumed that the morning boat was included in my package but when I was told I had to pay extra, I decided to instead use the morning to lie in. There was not much to do until when I was picked up from KJC and headed back towards Sandakan. A couple of Australian tourists had requested to go to Gomantong Caves so I was happy that I was told I would be joining them. This allowed me to identify my first Mossy-nest Swiftlets within the extraordinary if somewhat unpleasant caves. Better still was I encountered two mixed flocks on the short walks to and from the cave. The first one contained a superb Spotted Fantail, Chestnut-winged Babbler and Chestnut-rumped Babbler, while the second one held Sooty-capped Babbler, Rufous-crowned Babbler and Rufous-chested Flycatcher. These were particularly pleasing as Babblers had been noticeable by their absence up until now. In the car park, I spotted another lifer as a distant Bat Hawk sat in a tree before another one flew overhead catching a swift!

9 It was early afternoon by the time I got dropped off at the junction, where I immediately caught a comfortable public coach up to Mount Kinabalu. The four hour journey was uneventful but I did see several Long-tailed Shrikes. I arrived at Mount Kinabalu just before dark, allowing me to get two further lifers (Chestnuthooded Laughingthrush and Ashy Drongo), as well as my first Little Pied Flycatcher and White-throated Fantail of the trip. Thursday 17th March I had been told that Mount Kinabalu would be tough going and I'd struggle to find many of the endemics in only two days. Today however suggested that this was untrue as the day got off to a super start. In the half light as I entered the park, I encountered my first new endemic of the day - Bornean Whistling Thrush. Heading along the main road, I added Chestnut-crested Yuhina and Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher before encountering my first proper bird wave. This contained several birds that I was familiar with from my time at Fraser's Hill on the peninsula last year such as Everett's White-eye, Mugimaki Flycatcher and Grey-chinned Minivet. However, it also included several lifers like Temminck's Sunbird, Black-capped White-eye, Bornean Treepie and Indigo Flycatcher. This was quickly followed by another bird wave, which contained another lifer in some noisy Sunda Laughingthrushes. This was exciting stuff! I then headed up the Pandanus Trail, picking up some more lifers amongst the numerous bird waves like Bornean Whistler, Yellow-breasted Warbler and a surprise Ruddy Cuckoo Dove. I then headed down the Kliau View trail back to the entrance as I heard this was good for Fruithunter. This proved to be an excellent decision as I flushed a bright orange bird off the path. I was a bit confused as to what it was until I located it again perched on a nearby brunch - it was a stunning Orange-headed Thrush that even allowed for a photograph! This was swiftly followed by a pair of Orange-backed Woodpeckers. It was not even 9am but yet the day had already been brilliant. I then decided to walk along the road to the Silau-Silau trail, encountering some Mountain Tailorbirds and the first of several Bornean Green Magpies. The Silau-Silau trail was also productive as I saw Ochraceous Bulbul, Common Green Magpie, Ferruginous Flycatcher amongst a large flycatcher flock and a very responsive pair of White-browed Shortwing. The only downer was that the Whitehead's Broadbill nest that I had been given directions for was no longer active. The new birds continued to come on a stroll down the power station road as I encountered some Grey-throated Babblers, an Arctic Warbler, a superb Bornean Flowerpecker and some large dark Swiftlets that I assume must be Waterfall Swiftlet? After lunch in the restaurant outside the park, I headed to the base of the Mempening Trail as I heard this area was good for Whitehead's Broadbill and Trogon. I am not sure if this is the case but it was certainly a productive areas as I located Sunda Cuckooshrike, Emerald Dove, Hair-crested Drongo and Crimson-winged Woodpecker.

10 Some calling Crimson-headed Partridge were not responsive to tape but my search for them meant that I stumbled on a female Whitehead's Trogon, which I enjoyed decent views of as it sat on a nearby branch! I then headed back up the Silau-Silau trail again encountering a superb male Fruithunter close to the river and a family party of Crimson-headed Partridge further up. A stroll up and down the power station road failed to produce any further new birds apart from Grey Wagtail and it was starting to get dark so I decided to call it a day. It had been a superb if somewhat exhausting first day on the mountain but I still had plenty to find tomorrow. Orange-headed Thrush Mount Kinabalu Friday 18th March I managed to arrange a taxi to the Timpohon Gate for 5.45 this morning so was up there as it got light. This turned out to be a good move as one of the first birds I saw was a singing Sunda Bush Warbler. This was followed by several other new birds like Little Cuckoo Dove, Mountain Leaf Warbler, Snowy-browed Flycatcher and a juvenile Sunda Cuckoo. I tried to go through the Timpohon Gate once it opened but I was not able to as I was unaware I had to arrange a permit at HQ. This meant I never got the opportunity to look for species like Mountain Blackeye and Pale-faced Bulbul. However, I did spot a juvenile / female Taiga Flycatcher on the power station fence and some Mountain Imperial Pigeons flying over.

11 The Bukit Ular trail was closed so I wandered down the Power Station Road, encountering numerous bird waves but no new species until a stop at the Kliau Gap View produced a superb Kinabalu Serpent Eagle drifting overhead. Calling Red-breasted Partridges were annoyingly unresponsive. I then headed down the Mempening Trail, which was exceptionally good. The first bird wave was quite small and uninspiring until I noticed a fairly large, bright green bird - a male Whitehead's Broadbill! The rest of the trail was equally productive with numerous bird waves including a further Whitehead's Broadbill, Checker-throated Woodpecker, Golden-naped Barbet, Mountain Barbet, Black-and-crimson Oriole and Bald-headed Laughingthrush. I then stopped briefly to watch some researchers ringing Black-capped White-eyes and Mountain Tailorbirds before having a quick lunch. I then walked up and down the river to look for Bornean Forktail but drew a complete blank. A walk up the Silau-Silau trail also drew a blank for new birds so I hitched a lift back up to the Timpohon Gate to look for a Siberian Rubythroat that had been present behind the power station the day before. Unfortunately, I could not find the Rubythroat but I was delighted to find 5 Wreathed Hornbills flying overhead as well as Blue-and-White Flycatcher and Eyebrowed Thrush. I also saw several Swiftlets that appeared to have a greenish gloss so I would appreciate confirmation if anyone knows whether the swiftlets at the gate are Borneans? I then headed back down the road but unfortunately the fog rolled in mid afternoon so there were not many birds. I headed up the Kliau View Trail in a desperate last attempt to find Whitehead's Spiderhunter. Unfortunately, this one of the Whitehead's trio would go unseen but some speculative taping at a Babbler flock did produce a pair of Mountain Wren Babblers. As it was getting late, I decided that I would have one last attempt to find Bornean Forktail but there was no sign. These birds are not usually this difficult according to trip reports! I did however find a superb pair of Bornean Stubtail, which was a nice way to end another spectacular day. Saturday 19th March After the exhausting schedule of the last two days, I had a little lie in this morning until around This still gave me a couple of hours before my taxi to the airport so I had one final attempt to find Forktail, deciding this was more likely than the two other likely endemics I was missing (Whitehead's Spiderhunter and Red-breasted Partridge). Remarkably, this proved successful as I enjoyed brief but decent views of a pair along the Silau-Silau trail. There also appeared to be an increase in the number of migrants as I saw Taiga Flycatcher, 2 Blue-and-white Flycatcher and an Eyebrowed Thrush around the HQ. At around 10 am, the taxi came to pick me up to go to the airport in Kota Kinabalu, from where I caught a flight back to Singapore before my flight back to the UK. I would obviously loved more time but I cannot believe I was almost able to clean up at Mount Kinabalu in only two days.

12 Singapore 1. Red Junglefowl 2. Black Swan 3. Mute Swan 4. Black-crowned Night Heron 5. Grey Heron 6. Brahminy Kite 7. White-bellied Sea Eagle 8. Grey-headed Fish Eagle 9. White-breasted Waterhen 10. Feral Pigeon 11. Spotted Dove 12. Pink-necked Green Pigeon 13. Long-tailed Parakeet 14. Buffy Fish Owl 15. Germain s Swiftlet 16. Dollarbird 17. Stork-billed Kingfisher 18. White-throated Kingfisher 19. Collared Kingfisher 20. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 21. Oriental Pied Hornbill 22. Coppersmith Barbet 23. Black-naped Oriole 24. House Crow 25. Yellow-vented Bulbul 26. Barn Swallow 27. Pacific Swallow 28. Pin-striped Tit-babbler 29. Javan Myna 30. Asian Glossy Starling 31. Oriental Magpie Robin 32. Brown Flycatcher 33. Brown-throated Sunbird 34. Olive-backed Sunbird 35. Crimson Sunbird 36. Tree Sparrow 37. Scaly-breasted Munia Kuala Lumpur 1. Great Egret 2. Red-wattled Lapwing 3. Germain s Swiftlet 4. House Crow 5. Large-billed Crow 6. Asian Glossy Starling 7. Common Myna 8. Javan Myna

13 9. Barn Swallow 10. Paddyfield Pipit Borneo 1. Crimson-headed Partridge 2. Storm s Stork 3. Lesser Adjutant 4. Black-crowned Night Heron 5. Yellow Bittern 6. Striated Heron 7. Purple Heron 8. Little Egret 9. Intermediate Egret 10. Great Egret 11. Cattle Egret 12. Oriental Darter 13. Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle 14. Wallace s Hawk-Eagle 15. Jerdon s Baza 16. Oriental Honey Buzzard 17. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 18. Brahminy Kite 19. Grey-headed Fish Eagle 20. Crested Serpent Eagle 21. Kinabalu Serpent Eagle 22. Bat Hawk 23. Bornean Falconet 24. Common Sandpiper 25. Ruddy Cuckoo Dove 26. Little Cuckoo Dove 27. Zebra Dove 28. Spotted Dove 29. Emerald Dove 30. Little Green Pigeon 31. Pink-necked Green Pigeon 32. Green Imperial Pigeon 33. Mountain Imperial Pigeon 34. Long-tailed Parakeet 35. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 36. Sunda Cuckoo 37. Violet Cuckoo 38. Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo 39. Greater Coucal 40. Bornean Ground Cuckoo 41. Raffles Malkoha 42. Buffy Fish Owl 43. Large Frogmouth 44. Asian Palm Swift 45. Grey-rumped Treeswift

14 46. Waterfall Swift 47. Glossy Swiftlet 48. Bornean Swiftlet 49. Edible-nest Swiftlet 50. Black-nest Swiftlet 51. Mossy-nest Swiftlet 52. Brown-backed Needletail 53. Silver-rumped Spinetail 54. Whitehead s Trogon 55. Scarlet-rumped Trogon 56. Collared Kingfisher 57. Blue-eared Kingfisher 58. Stork-billed Kingfisher 59. Bornean Banded Kingfisher 60. Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher 61. Blue-throated Bee-eater 62. Dollarbird 63. Bushy-crested Hornbill 64. Oriental Pied Hornbill 65. Asian Black Hornbill 66. Wreathed Hornbill 67. Rhinoceros Hornbill 68. Golden-naped Barbet 69. Mountain Barbet 70. Blue-eared Barbet 71. Brown Barbet 72. Rufous Woodpecker 73. Banded Woodpecker 74. Crimson-winged Woodpecker 75. Checker-throated Woodpecker 76. Orange-backed Woodpecker 77. Rufous Piculet 78. Buff-rumped Wooodpecker 79. Grey-capped Woodpecker 80. Grey-and-buff Woodpecker 81. Black-and-red Broadbill 82. Black-and-yellow Broadbill 83. Green Broadbill 84. Whitehead s Broadbill 85. Black-crowned Pitta 86. Green Iora 87. Common Iora 88. Lesser Green Leafbird 89. Grey-chinned Minivet 90. Fiery Minivet 91. Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike 92. Sunda Cuckooshrike 93. Bornean Whistler 94. Long-tailed Shrike 95. Black-and-crimson Oriole

15 96. Ashy Drongo 97. Greater Raquet-tailed Drongo 98. Bronzed Drongo 99. Hair-crested Drongo 100. Slender-billed Crow 101. Bornean Green Magpie 102. Common Green Magpie 103. Bornean Treepie 104. Barn Swallow 105. Pacific Swallow 106. White-breasted Woodswallow 107. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird 108. Ashy Tailorbird 109. Mountain Tailorbird 110. Yellow-bellied Prinia 111. Black-headed Bulbul 112. Olive-winged Bulbul 113. Yellow-vented Bulbul 114. Cream-vented Bulbul 115. Red-eyed Bulbul 116. Spectacled Bulbul 117. Hairy-backed Bulbul 118. Yellow-bellied Bulbul 119. Streaked Bulbul 120. Buff-vented Bulbul 121. Ochraceous Bulbul 122. Arctic Warbler 123. Mountain Leaf Warbler 124. Yellow-breasted Warbler 125. Sunda Bush Warbler 126. Bornean Stubtail 127. Black-capped Babbler 128. Short-tailed Babbler 129. White-chested Babbler 130. Sooty-capped Babbler 131. Rufous-crowned Babbler 132. Mountain Wren-babbler 133. Grey-throated Babbler 134. Chestnut-rumped Babbler 135. Chestnut-winged Babbler 136. Bold-striped Tit-babbler 137. Erponis 138. Chestnut-crested Yuhina 139. Sunda Laughingthrush 140. Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush 141. Bornean Bald-headed Laughingthrush 142. Black-capped White-eye 143. Everett s White-eye 144. Javan Myna 145. Crested Myna

16 146. Hill Myna 147. Asian Glossy Starling 148. Eyebrowed Thrush 149. Fruithunter 150. Bornean Whistling Thrush 151. Oriental Magpie Robin 152. White-crowned Shama 153. Orange-headed Thrush 154. Bornean Forktail 155. Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher 156. Ferruginous Flycatcher 157. Grey-streaked Flycatcher 158. Brown Flycatcher 159. Mugimaki Flycatcher 160. Snowy-browed Flycatcher 161. Taiga Flycatcher 162. Rufous-chested Flycatcher 163. Little Pied Flycatcher 164. Blue-and-white Flycatcher 165. Malaysian Blue Flycatcher 166. Indigo Flycatcher 167. White-browed Shortwing 168. White-throated Fantail 169. Spotted Fantail 170. Pied Fantail 171. Black-naped Monarch 172. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 173. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 174. Bornean Flowerpecker 175. Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker 176. Purple-throated Sunbird 177. Olive-backed Sunbird 178. Crimsom Sunbird 179. Temminck s Sunbird 180. Red-throated Sunbird 181. Brown-throated Sunbird 182. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird 183. Thick-billed Spiderhunter 184. Yellow-eared Spiderhunter 185. Long-billed Spiderhunter 186. Chestnut Munia 187. Dusky Munia 188. Grey Wagtail 189. Baya Weaver

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